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The Fifty-Eighth Hour: Start
She didn't know what she was thinking. She just knew she was up for a good challenge.
"Ready or not, here I come!" she says, opening her eyes. She hadn't counted to 100 seconds, but she never exactly promised she would in the first place. Besides, his presence was completely wiped out in the surrounding area, so she knew he was already long gone.
Or is he?
He could be right beside her, and she wouldn't even know.
Although she knew it was near impossible to find Itachi, she enjoyed the thrill of it all.
She sat down cross-legged.
Time to start plotting…
The Fifty-Ninth Hour: Crazy
He watched as she concentrated, but on what? His chakra signature?
At that, he smirked. Itachi was extremely talented at hiding his chakra in reality, but in the illusion? He was even better. After all, everything in this world is controlled by his mind. The only way he would slip up is if his mind was caught off guard.
At that thought, he paused. Sakura was smart. She's bound to have figured that out by now. With that in mind, he cringed.
What kind of crazy things would she be up to?
The Sixtieth Hour: Trick
It was the best idea she's ever thought of! Itachi's going to be so surprised, his mind would slip out of control for a fragment of time, but that should be enough to sense his chakra signature.
It was brilliant!
She immediately got to work.
Doubling over in faked pain, she croaked, "Ugh…"
He didn't slip up.
She tried harder.
"Ugh! My…my…"
Still no chakra signature.
She thought for a moment. What would catch Itachi off guard?
"My…my…breasts!"
At that, the faintest chakra was sensed right in front of her. She grabbed the space immediately and was satisfied with herself when her hand met an ankle.
"Found ya!" she chirped happily.
The Sixty-First Hour: Confession
Itachi really did flinch when she grabbed him. It was ironic that a little girl like her could make him, Uchiha frickin' Itachi, flinch.
(But as he accidentally lets his attention fall on her chest, he realizes she really isn't that little anymore.)
"Surprised?" she smiled with a flare of pride.
"I am…impressed," he said, not yet admitting the fact that yes, he was most definitely surprised. Quite pleasantly too, mind you.
"Which means you are."
He hated how she could see right through him now. Another twenty-four hours in this illusion and she would be able to read his mind too. Thankfully (yet not so thankfully), the illusion was almost over. She would soon return to her allies, and he to his. But he couldn't help the tingling sensation of loneliness deep down inside.
It is almost over.
His time with her. Her time with him.
Sensing that something was odd, Sakura tilted her head to the side, trying her best to study his expression.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Yeah, right. I bet you're just lonely! Admit it! You like having me here!"
It's been "sixty-one hours". He thinks they both deserve a break. He releases the tension he had been holding the whole time, as well as the façade he had put on along with it.
Without another thought, he opens his mouth. "I do like having you here."
The Sixty-Second Hour: Trap
She nearly fell head first when she heard him say that. She had only been teasing him! Who knew he would actually admit it?
"Seriously?" she asked in awe.
He looked her over once, regarding her surprised features with satisfaction. "Yes. I do very much enjoy your presence."
She knew she was blushing by now. "But…why?" She was annoying, she was weak, and she was just plain weird!
"Because," he paused for a moment of thought, "you are…interesting. You never bore me. On the contrary, I seem to always bore you."
She blinked quite rapidly a couple times, because she didn't know if she was hearing right.
Did Itachi seriously just admit he likes having her by his side? And…
Is he…complaining?
She felt like she needed to clear things up.
"Listen, I'm not bored of you. I just…I feel like since we only have 'seventy-two hours' together, we should spend that time wisely. Rather than just sitting around waiting for time to pass, we could do other things instead!" It was her lame attempt at explaining herself, but it seems to be working. "That's why I wanted to spar and play hide-and-seek!"
She struck him blind. Girls were such complicated creatures...or maybe it was just Sakura. "…I see."
He still didn't seem convinced enough, so she added, "You know what? You can decide what to do next!"
He suddenly looked a lot more interested than before. "Anything?"
"Anything," she enunciated.
"Well, in that case…"
She didn't seem to have caught on to the glint in his eyes until he stopped talking, his features slowly revealing the devious ideas he had in store. She swallowed nervously at his venomous smirk. What did she get herself into again?
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